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  1. Buck74 New Member

    joined: Jan 1, 2011
    12 posts
    Rural Lafayette County, MS
    Y'all sure have some pretty places and homes!!!

    Here's my place in North Central Mississippi...near Oxford and OLE MISS!!!! 8 acres of beautiful fire....I mean hard wood, and white tail! Snow of this "magnitude" is rare here these days. The schools and some businesses were closed for several days after this "dusting." My "Yankee" friends up in Chicago laugh at my stories of closed schools and sold-out grocery stores prior to and during such meteorological disasters involving 7-10 inches of snow!!! Makes for a rare and pretty landscape...'specially out here in the country. We got down to 7 degrees one night!!!!!! Unheard of here in Dixie. My central system NEVER came on!! Wood Heat RULES!!!!!!

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  2. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Dude, that whole place is a man cave. :) Nice woods too.
  3. seeyal8r Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 20, 2011
    271 posts
    North Central Oklahoma
    Back Yard Feeder Filled with Rice Bran as well as a corn Feeder, Food Plot, and Trophy Rock.
    Jeepin the hills
    first load of wood. almost 2 ricks. I started using a 16 foot flatbed and cut 24 ricks in 3 weeks within a few hundred yards of my house. Mostly Oak but there is some blackjack in there.

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  4. RandyG Member

    joined: Dec 22, 2010
    117 posts
    Central Fla
    Have the same dream, good luck!!
  5. SmokinPiney Feeling the Heat

    joined: Nov 25, 2008
    302 posts
    In the Pines, NJ
    A view from the road. The house was built by my family back in the 30's and i bought it from my dad about 5 yrs ago. Sittin on 3 acres surrounded by cranberries, blueberries, and woods. The road turns do dirt right past my property so the only traffic is farm trucks and folks headed off into the woods. Wouldn't have it any other way!

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    And a view from the fire pit out back
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  6. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,455 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    A lot of beautiful homes . . . but I particularly like this classic Cape . . . there's something very rustic looking and simple looking about a Cape that appeals to me.
  7. szmaine New Member

    joined: Jul 13, 2009
    371 posts
    Mid-Coast Maine
    Complete novice at this picture thing - wish i could see it before I hit submit. No Idea how to caption.
    Here's our little fixer upper being fixey upped so all the pictures I have are before, in-progress and better than before - but not completely done cuz it isn't.
    4 acres, no pix of the 40x 60 barn. A really lousy picture of the elcheapo hearth extension I did out of cement boad, thinset, and old tin ceiling panels.

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  8. basswidow Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 17, 2008
    1,268 posts
    northern nj
    szmaine,

    nice place. Love the color choice. Looks like you got the front porch leveled. Are you going to re-install the rail? Charming place and nice work.
  9. szmaine New Member

    joined: Jul 13, 2009
    371 posts
    Mid-Coast Maine
    Thanks alot. I got to watch out for my love of green or I'd end painting it on everything. I'm not sure about the rails - they are falling apart and no great shakes anyway in my opinion, I thought them kind of klunky looking.

    It looks kind of nice without and loaded up with potted plants in the summer even nicer - but I know it's not code if we ever sold, then again not much else is either. If we do, I thought of maybe using turned balusters similar to the shape of the posts - but am not sure how to paint it - white balusters with a dark green rail? might be an awful lot of white. what do you think?

    I also like sawn balusters but simple for my place not the foofy victorian ones.
  10. begreen Super Moderator

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    36,118 posts
    South Puget Sound, WA
    Cute spot sz! Hearth.com folks sure seem to have some nice homes, big and small.
  11. szmaine New Member

    joined: Jul 13, 2009
    371 posts
    Mid-Coast Maine
    Thanks BG. It's not so small though, 2000sf - house is a clown car, everyone is suprised when they come in - all kinds of queer appendages, dormers and spaces - weidest house layout I've ever seen - had to play Marco! Polo! w/ my youngster the day we looked at it.
  12. amellefson New Member

    joined: Jan 3, 2011
    107 posts
    Southern WI
    Todd

    What lake is that? Looks great!
  13. wood spliter New Member

    joined: Jan 8, 2010
    854 posts
    Long Island, ny
    My place with 56"s of snow this winter. I think there is about 2' on the grass.

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  14. Ronmbucket Member

    joined: Oct 18, 2009
    23 posts
    se pa
    My mancave with woodstove:
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  15. Ronmbucket Member

    joined: Oct 18, 2009
    23 posts
    se pa
    My house was built in 1905 for a doctor and his family. I rent out two apartments upstairs and live on the first floor. Its a 30 year project:
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  16. LLigetfa Minister of Fire

    joined: Nov 9, 2008
    7,310 posts
    NW Ontario
    I found a Winter pic.

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  17. tsquini Burning Hunk

    joined: Jan 8, 2009
    140 posts
    North Shore, MA
    This was taken today during the storm. More snow would be nice.

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  18. Jutt77 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Dec 18, 2010
    302 posts
    Front Range Colorado
    Yeah, nothing special just 63 acres with a &$*# bass pond in the front yard! Lol, sweet man!
  19. Rick Stanley Feeling the Heat

    joined: Dec 31, 2007
    374 posts
    Southern ME
    Lifetime of maintenance.

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  20. woodsman23 Minister of Fire

    Thanks and the pond is my fav.. but plowing all that road has been a real deal this year!!
  21. Jutt77 Feeling the Heat

    joined: Dec 18, 2010
    302 posts
    Front Range Colorado
    I bet so how long is your driveway? Thats such a beautiful piece of property though. Especially with the fall colors.
  22. firefighterjake Minister of Fire

    joined: Jul 22, 2008
    13,455 posts
    Unity/Bangor, Maine
    My place in Unity, Maine . . . 1970s vintage Cape with an attached Mudroom and garage . . . still unsure why they went with the gambrel roof line . . . it's a bit odd since it doesn't "match" the roof line/style of the house . . . perhaps they were thinking of eventually building a mother-in-law apartment on the second floor of the garage.

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  23. webby3650 Minister of Fire

    joined: Sep 2, 2008
    1,931 posts
    southern Indiana
    We bought this place in November. We love it!

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  24. BucksCounty Feeling the Heat

    joined: Jan 11, 2009
    264 posts
    Southeast PA
    We bought our place in August. Larger than we wanted, but we loved the property, school district, and location. Last big snow storm.

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  25. Hogwildz Minister of Fire

    Grew up in Bucks County.
    Beautiful county. Just got too expensive for me to live in.

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